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Czech partisans and U.S. soldiers round up German soldiers and civilians in Pilsen, at the end of World War II

A U.S. Army jeep rolls slowly in front of a group of civilians with their hands raised in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, at the end of World War 2, in Europe. They are guarded by Czech partisans and Czech citizens. (The civilians are likely German civilians during expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovia at the end of the war. They may also include Czech civilians accused of collaboration with the Germans.) Two U.S. soldiers walk on sidewalk with a Czech policeman. The soldiers stand in front of a group of civilians on the sidewalk, looking upward. An elderly Czech civilian man with a rifle looks upward from edge of a building. A German officer is seen in window of a building. A white cloth (as flag of surrender) hangs from adjacent window. Armed U.S. soldiers escort high-ranking German officers, from their local headquarters, to a vehicle, as local citizens watch. U.S. soldiers and Czech partisans in a backyard, look for snipers in building nearby. German military prisoners, guarded by Czech partisans, stand with hands raised on a sidewalk. The partisans search German soldiers as they come out of a building. Some civilian women are held with the German soldiers.

Date: 1945, May 6
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062819
Soldiers march during a meeting of Allied Generals in Ludwigslust, Germany at end of World War II.

Allied Generals meet in Ludwigslust, Germany at end of World War 2, in Europe. Formations of British and U.S. troops pass in review. Russian, U.S. and British Generals review the troops. U.S. Army Major General James M. Gavin, Commanding General ( CG ) of the 82nd Airborne Division, U.S. Major General Matthew B. Ridgway CG 82nd ABN, Lieutenant General Miles Dempsey Commanding General British 2nd Army and Soviet Colonel-General Ivan Tikhonovich Grishin, Commanding General 49th Soviet Army, at the reviewing stand.

Date: 1945, May 7
Duration: 3 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062820
German spectators attend ice show in bomb damaged Berlin Sportpalast in World War II

Near the end of World War 2, in Europe, the German administration organized an ice show for the war weary populace in the Berlin Sport palace. A woman ice skater is seen figure skating on the large ice rink of the Berliner Sportpalast The stadium is roofless from bomb Allied bombing since January 1944. Narrator calls it "burned out." The steel skeleton of the roof supports is visible. The stadium seating is filled with spectators dressed in warm clothing. Some also use blankets. The audience includes many German soldiers in uniform, on whom the camera focuses during the film. The woman skater is identified as Lydia Feischt (spelling uncertain) and she performs some spins to complete her performance, as the audience applauds enthusiastically. Views of audience clapping their hands. A man and woman perform next, dancing together on the ice. Finally, a troupe of women skaters perform as ballet dancers on the ice.Nazi German administration organized an ice show for the war weary populace in the Berlin Sports Palace or Sportpalast (Ehemaliger Standort Sportpalast Berlin, Potsdamer Str. 172B, 10783 Berlin, Germany) in World War II. A woman ice skater is seen figure skating on the large ice rink of the Berliner Sportpalast. The stadium is roofless from bomb Allied bombing since January 1944. The narrator calls it "burned out." The steel skeleton of the roof supports is visible. The stadium seating is filled with spectators dressed in warm clothing. Some also use blankets. The audience includes many German soldiers in uniform, on whom the camera focuses during the film. The woman skater is identified as Lydia Feischt (spelling uncertain) and she performs some spins to complete her performance, as the audience applauds enthusiastically. The audience clapping their hands. A man and woman perform next, dancing together on the ice. Finally, a troupe of women skaters perform on ice.

Date: 1945, January
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675078942
German aircraft attack Soviet tanks on Eastern front, and German forces invade Hungary in World War II

Film begins with a map of the South Eastern part of Europe, including countries of Hungary,Croatia,Serbia, and Romania. Then a German Air Force officer is seen dispatching aircraft to attack Soviet tanks on the Eastern front. Next are views from a cockpit of German Junkers Ju 87 (Stuka dive bombers) in flight. Closeup of a Stuka airplane inflight. It is equipped with a machine guns under its wings. More views from a cockpit of smoke rising from the ground, and then of Ju 87s strafing Soviet tanks. Narrator states that more than 300 Soviet tanks were destroyed. Scene changes to German soldier in a defensive position in Hungary, during the German invasion of that country in March, 1944 (Operation Margarethe). View of explosions in the distance. Brief closeup of a German soldier. German infantry leaving their defensive positions and advancing along a hill crest where they are silhouetted against the light sky. Artillery firing from hidden position near trees. Several scenes of burning buildings. German gun crew holding their ears as they fire a heavy artillery piece. A burning tank.

Date: 1944, March
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675078943
Soldiers and vehicles of the United States USA 104th Infantry Division in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

American soldiers of the 104th Infantry Division, 104th Reconnaissance Troop, drive along a road, deep in Gernamy, near the end of World War 2 in Europe. According to signposts, they are 3 Km from Bennstedt and 11Km from Halle, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. An M18 Hellcat tank destroyer follows behind the jeeps, carrying 4 soldiers atop its turret. Another behind it carries 6 soldiers on it.

Date: 1945, April
Duration: 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078461
BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile delivered via C5-A Galaxy and deployed in forest.

Image of Yuri Andropov, the sixth paramount leader of the Soviet Union during the Cold War. A US Air Force C5-A Galaxy lands in an airbase. Air man signals to the aircraft. A BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile is unloaded from the C5-A Galaxy’s front. Close up to a soldier’s arm badge, a airborne paratrooper insignia. The BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile slowly drives to a hangar. Colonel John Bacs, 501st Tactical Missile Wing, speaks about the NATO operational capability in Europe of the BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile on schedule at Royal Air Force Greenham Common. Soldiers working on BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile in a hanger. A soldier, wearing glasses, drives a BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile to a launch site. Sergeant Ginnie Baird speaks about the mobility of the BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile. Two camouflaged soldiers set up a pole and net. A net partly covering a BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile in the forest as a camouflage. Senior Airman Thomas Snell speaks about the training and exchange of best practices with the Royal Air Force. A Royal Air Force soldier adjusts a Ground Surveillance Radar (GSR) and asks about its range with an African-American Air Force soldier, wearing sunglasses.

Date: 1982
Duration: 1 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078975